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Initial Impression Formation

Initial Impression Formation is a psychological construct within the study of relationship formation that refers to the cognitive and affective process by which individuals rapidly develop evaluations of others based on limited initial social cues, distinguishing it from subsequent stages of relational development through its reliance on superficial and non-repeatable early interactions.

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Category accessibility and impression formation

E. Tory Higgins, W. Steven Rholes, Carl R. Jones · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1977 · 1.5K citations

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Self-promotion as a risk factor for women: The costs and benefits of counterstereotypical impression management.

Laurie A. Rudman · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1998 · 1.4K citations

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A dual process model of impression formation.

Marilynn B. Brewer · 1988 · 1.3K citations

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Automatic activation of impression formation and memorization goals: Nonconscious goal priming reproduces effects of explicit task instructions.

Tanya L. Chartrand, John A. Bargh · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1996 · 858 citations

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Moral character predominates in person perception and evaluation.

Geoffrey P. Goodwin, Jared Piazza, Paul Rozin · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2013 · 856 citations

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    Norman H. Anderson

    University of California San Diego, United States

    10 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. ST
    Susan T. Fiske

    Princeton University, United States

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. RS
    Robert S. Wyer

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    7 publications · 281 citations

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  4. LJ
    Lauren J. Human

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    7 publications · 288 citations

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  5. DL
    David L. Hamilton

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    6 publications · 580 citations

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Institutions

428

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    14 h-index

    18 publications

    1K citations

  2. New York University

    New York, United States

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    1K citations

  4. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    828 citations

  6. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    431 citations

  7. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    490 citations

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  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    82 publications · 11.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    30 publications · 3.6K citations

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  3. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 26 publications · 2K citations

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  4. Social Cognition

    16 publications · 833 citations

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  5. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 13 publications · 674 citations

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